List of mayors of Spokane
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The mayor of Spokane is the chief executive of city government in Spokane, Washington the 96th largest city in the United States. The mayor oversees the management and administration of various local government departments. Historically, the mayor of Spokane has had different powers under different forms of government. From its founding until 1960, Spokane used a commission system. On March 8, 1960, voters overwhelmingly approved the adoption of a city manager system, which gave the role of city manager most powers.[1][2] In 2001, Spokane switched to the currently used strong mayor form of government, giving more power to the mayor as chief executive.
List
[edit]Pre-strong mayor system (1881–2001)
[edit]# | Photo | Mayor | Term start | Term end |
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Robert W. Forrest | 1881 | 1882[3][4] |
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James N. Glover | 1883 | 1884[3][4][5][6] |
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Anthony M. Cannon | 1885 | 1886[7][3][4] |
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William H. Taylor | 1887 | 1888[3][4] |
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Jacob Hoover | 1888 | 1889[3][4] |
6 | Francis M. Tull | 1889 | 1889 | |
7 | Isaac S. Kaufman | 1889 | 1889[3][4] | |
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Fred Furth | 1889 | 1890[3][4] |
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Charles F. Clough | 1890 | 1891[3][8][4][5][6] |
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David B. Fotheringham | 1891 | 1892[3][4][5][6] |
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Daniel M. Drumheller | 1892 | 1893[3][4][5][6] |
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Edward L. Powell | 1893 | 1894[3][4] |
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Horatio N. Belt | 1894 | 1896[3][4] |
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Elmer D. Olmsted | 1897 | 1898[3][8][4] |
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James M. Comstock | 1898 | 1901[3][4] |
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Patrick S. Byrne | 1901 | 1903[3] |
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L. Frank Boyd | 1903 | 1905[3] |
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Floyd L. Daggett | 1905–1907[3][8] | |
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C. Herbert Moore | 1907 | 1909[3][8][5][6] |
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Nelson S. Pratt | 1909 | 1911[3] |
21 | William J. Hindley | 1911 | 1913[3][9][5][6] | |
22 | Charles M. Fassett | 1914 | 1916[10][5][6] | |
23 | Charles A. Fleming | 1916 | 1917[5][6] | |
24 | Charles M. Fassett | 1918 | 1920 | |
25 | Charles A. Fleming | 1920 | 1929 | |
26 | Leonard Funk | 1929 | 1935 | |
27 | Arthur W. Burch | 1935 | 1937 | |
28 | Frank G. Sutherlin (Sr.) | 1937 | 1945 | |
29 | Otto A. Dirkes | 1945 | 1946 | |
30 | Arthur Meehan | 1945 | 1955 | |
31 | Willard Taft | 1955 | 1958[11] | |
32 | Frank G. Sutherlin (Jr.) | 1958 | 1960[12] | |
33 | Kenneth Lawson | 1960 | 1960 | |
34 | Neal R. Fosseen | 1960 | 1967 | |
35 | David H. Rodgers | 1967 | 1978 | |
36 | Ron Bair | 1978 | 1982 | |
37 | James Everett Chase | 1982 | 1986 | |
38 | Vicki McNeill | 1986 | 1990 | |
39 | Sheri S. Barnard | 1990 | 1994 | |
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Jack Geraghty | 1994 | 1998 |
41 | John Talbott | 1998 | 2000 |
Strong mayor system (2001–present)
[edit]Spokane adopted the "strong mayor" form of government in January 2001.
# | Photo | Mayor | Term | Party[a] | Election | Notes | |
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John Powers | December 28, 2000[13] – December 23, 2003 | Democratic[14] | 2000 | Elected to a truncated term of three years due to the switch to the strong mayor system.[15] | |
40 | James E. West | December 23, 2003[16] – December 16, 2005 | Republican | 2003 | Recalled in 2005 over allegations of sexual abuse.[17] | ||
41 | Dennis P. Hession | December 16, 2005 – November 27, 2007[18] | Democratic | — | Appointed by the city council as mayor following West's recall in 2005.[19] | ||
42 | Mary Verner | November 27, 2007[18] – December 30, 2011 | Democratic | 2007 | |||
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David Condon | December 30, 2011[20] – December 30, 2019 | Republican | 2011 | ||
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Nadine Woodward | December 30, 2019[21] – January 2, 2024 | Republican | 2019 | ||
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Lisa Brown | January 2, 2024 – present | Democratic | 2023 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Per the Washington State Constitution, mayors are technically nonpartisan, but mayors still often associate with political parties.
References
[edit]- ^ Stimson, William. "The Big Quake of 1960". Inlander. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ^ Walters, Daniel. "How the "One-Term Mayor Curse" took out the previous 10 Spokane mayors". Inlander. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Durham, N.W. (1912). History of the city of Spokane and Spokane County, Washington: from its earliest settlement to the present time, Volume 1. S.J. Clarke Pub. Co. https://archive.org/details/historyofcityofs01durh/page/n8/mode/2up
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Edwards, Jonathan (1910). An Illustrated History of Spokane County, State of Washington. W. H. Lever. https://archive.org/details/illustratedhisto00edwa/page/n6/mode/2up
- ^ a b c d e f g h Kip Hill (2018-06-15). "Glover Field, which honored Spokane's third mayor, renamed Redband Park". Spokesman-Review (Photo Archive). Retrieved 2020-05-13.
This photo, taken between 1917 and 1920, features several ex-mayors of early Spokane.
|2nd of 3-image slide show) - ^ a b c d e f g h "Looking Back: Former Spokane mayors". Spokesman-Review. 1998-08-31. p. 20. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
Mayoral group: sometime between 1917 and 1920, eight former mayors of Spokane gathered for this photo.
- ^ "ANTHONY M. CANNON DEAD - The End Came Suddenly in the Sturtevant House. WAS THE FATHER OF SPOKANE FALLS He Had Recently Been to Brazil for His Health and Had Apparently Improved - His Busy Career. - View Article - NYTimes.com" (PDF). New York Times. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
- ^ a b c d Durham, N.W. (1912). History of the city of Spokane and Spokane County, Washington: from its earliest settlement to the present time, Volume 2. S.J. Clarke Pub. Co. https://archive.org/details/historyofcityofs02indurh/page/n6/mode/2up
- ^ "Hindley, William J., 1872-1943 - Social Networks and Archival Context".
- ^ "Jim Kershner's this day in history". Spokesman-Review. 2014-12-03. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
From our archives, 100 years ago: C.M. Fassett was named mayor of Spokane by unanimous vote of his fellow city commissioners. He would finish out the term of the former mayor, W.J. Hindley.
- ^ Thomas Clouse (2005-12-24). "Lawyer Kathleen Taft dies". Spokesman.com. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
- ^ "The Spokesman-Review - Google News Archive". 1991-12-04. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
- ^ Hansen, Pia K. "'Tis the season to transition". Inlander. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
- ^ Oliver Staley, S. w. (2000, Nov 03). Strong mayor candidates offer strong contrast talbott, powers offer differing styles, viewpoints: [SPOKANE edition]. Spokesman Review Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/strong-mayor-candidates-offer-contrast-talbott/docview/394907504/se-2
- ^ Walters, Daniel. "John Powers- Spokane's first strong mayor - beholds the changes the city has undergone, and pronounces them (mostly) good". Inlander. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
- ^ "The life of Jim West". Spokesman.com. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
- ^ WILEY, By JOHN K. (2005-12-07). "Spokane's mayor ousted in recall vote". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
- ^ a b "Verner sworn in as Spokane mayor | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
- ^ "Hession sees 'bright future' | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
- ^ "Spokane's new mayor takes the reins | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
- ^ "Nadine Woodward sworn in as Spokane's mayor | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved 2023-02-18.